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# Earth
Well, Earth is the [planet ](planet.md ) we live on. It is the third planet from the [Sun ](sun.md ) of our Solar system which itself is part of the [Milky Way ](milky_way.md ) [galaxy ](galaxy.md ). So far it is the only known place to have [life ](life.md ).
Now behold the grand rendering of the Earth map in [ASCII ](ascii_art.md ) ([equirectangular](equirectangular.md) projection):
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```
Some numbers about the planet Earth:
- age: 4.54 billion years
- distance from the [Sun ](sun.md ) (nearest, furthest): 147098450 km, 152097597 km,
- radius (equator, poles): 6378 km, 6356 km
- mass: 5.9 * 10^24 kg
- acceleration by gravity: 9.8 m/s^2
- axial tilt: 23.4 degrees
- length of year: 365.25 days
- land vs water area: 148940000 km^2, 361132000 km^2
